Shoemaker&#39;s tool



Aug. 8, 1933. V

N. COLETTA 1,921,506

SHOEMAKER S TOOL Filed Sept. 28, 1951 I I III/0 Patented Aug. 8, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcs SHOEMAKERS TOOL Nicholas Coletta, Elmira, N. Y.

Application September 28, 1931 Serial No. 565,634

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a tool of the plier type, which is especially adapted for use in repairing shoes and efficiently holding the welt in a clamped position upon the sole for sewing and 5 trimming.

Another object of this invention is the production of a simple and efficient shoe repairing tool of the plier type, so constructed as to fit snugly under the edge of the upper and hold the weltin clamped engagement with the sole for forming an even contour along the edge of the shoe after the sole is glued to the welt.

Another object of this invention is the production of a simple and efiicient tool which is provided with a wide tapering pair of jaws for firmly holding the welt in engagement with the sole of the shoe.

Other objects and advantages of the present tool will appear throughout the following specification and claim. I

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion. of a shoe, showing the sole, welt, and upper in section and showing the improved tool holding the welt in engagement with the sole.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the structure shown in Figure 1..

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

By referring to the drawing it will be seen that 1 designates the usual shoe upper, which is provided with a sole 2 and a welt 3. As shown in Figure 1, there is provided a special tool 4 for the purpose of firmly clamping and holding 0 the welt fiat upon the sole for forming an even contour around the edge of the shoe after the sole is glued to the welt. By use of the present tool, it has been found very convenient to firmly hold the welt in proper position for sewing and also for trimming the edge of the sole, as well as in other operations for completing the shoe and giving the same a factory job appearance.

The tool 4 comprises a pair of pivoted jaws 5 which are pivotally connected by means of a pivot bolt or pin 6 and each jaw is provided with an operating handle '7 of suitable'type. The jaws 5 are flared outwardly to produce widened lips at their outer ends and these jaws taper down toward their forward ends 8, as shown clearly in Figure 1, to permit the upper jaws to fit snugly under the'upper and firmly engage the welt for a material width and hold the welt firmly down in engagement with the sole 2. By having the jaws 5 flared outwardly toward their forward nose or lip 8, and providing the forwardly extending inclined wall 9 upon each outer face of the jaws 5, these jaws may be fitted under the upper 1 and snugly engage the welt 3 without fear of marring the upper or crowding the same into an improper position with respect to the sole 1. The forward lip 8 of each jaw is comparatively narrow and each jaw tapers abruptly from a point intermediate its end toward the forward portion of the jaw to produce a wedge like formation of the jaw.

Each jaw also is provided with longitudinally extending beveled edges 10 along the upper side edges thereof and the longitudinally extending beveled edges 11 along the lower edges thereof to prevent the roughing up of the welt or sole as the tool is moved longitudinally along the edge of the welt or the edge of the sole to grip the welt and sole at different positions throughout the length of the shoe.

As shown in Figure 1, when the jaws 5 are in a clamped position with respect to the sole 2 and V welt 3 the inner faces 12 of the jaws will extend substantially in parallel relation.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a very simple and efiicient tool has been produced, which owing to the tapering wedgelike jaws will fit snugly under the upper and grip the welt for substantially the entire width at the point of contact of the tool throughout It should be understood that by use of the present tool a very simple and efiicient grip will be obtained upon the welt and sole and that owing to the beveled edges 10 and 11 formed upon the side edges of each jaw, there will be no tendency to roughen or ruffle the upper as the tool is moved longitudinally around the edge of the shoe.

It should be understood that certain detail changes in mechanical construction may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention, so long as these changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture, a shoe repairing tool comprising a pair of pivoted jaws normally, spaced from each other and having comparatively broad smooth inner faces arranged in substantially parallel relation throughout their length when in working position, each jaw being provided with an abruptly tapering forward free transverse sliding movement of the jaws 1ongitudinally over the Welt and sole of a shoe and prevent the marking of the sole and Welt and facilitate smooth pressing of the welt and sole together while gluing the sole in place.

NICHOLAS COLETTA. 

